Makers working on ambitious, long-term projects struggle to maintain context and momentum over years. Current project tools focus on short-term tasks.
Build a timeline-based organizer that highlights major milestones, pivots, and lessons learned. Include visualization of how ideas and implementations evolved.
Target researchers, authors, and open-source maintainers with a premium web app. Offer narrative structuring tools for retrospective analysis.
Start with a simple markdown timeline generator. Later add visualization and collaboration features.
Challenge is proving value beyond existing note-taking apps, so focus on specialized features for reflection and pattern-finding.